Tourist|Visitor's attraction in Kanchipuram
Kanchipuram is an ethnic district of Tamilnadu, situated very near to the capital of Tamilnadu, Chennai. It is considered by many as the third significant district after Chennai and Coimbatore and it is 75 km away from Chennai. It is considered to be a district filled with more than 1000 temples and even some beautiful churches and mosques. It is also regarded as one of the seven most popular pilgrimage center for the Hindu community.
Map of Kanchipuram
Another significant aspect of this place is its Hand-loom industry which is practiced widely by majority of the population, silk sarees are the most popular product produced with these industries. People from all over India and for that matter from abroad flow in purchase the best quality silk and cotton sarees in this part of the world. The name of the silk saree weaved in this part is called the Kanchi pattu, from the name- Kanchipuram.
General info about Kanchipuram
The very first name that comes into mind when someone says is Kanchipuram is Kanchipuram silk sarees, and the second thing is of course the great mahabalipuram, which lies in the chennai road from Kanchipuram, it attracts huge number of tourists from both India and foreign countries simply because of its architectural beauty.
Mamallapuram: It is also called as Mahabalipuram famous for its ancientness with the architecture and what is more attractive is the sea shore which is found adjacent to these marvelous art works. The pallavas were the one who built this beautiful master piece and the sculptures, carvings and stone cuttings are still a wonder for many and people from all the over the world visit this place, to find the monolithic ( art made by a single large block stone) works of the pallavas. A must see when you are in Mamallapuram, even a must see when you are in south India.
Image 1:Mahabalipuram
Image 2: Art work-Mamallapuram
Image 3: Temple dusk-Mahabalipuram
Vedantangal bird Sanctuary: This is one of the biggest water body bird sanctuary in India and is created at a place called Vedantangal which is 48 kms away from Kanchipuram. The trees present here are submerged in water and branches are seen upward which is made used by different species of birds which come from all over the world. The sanctuary is spread across 30 hectares of land and birds from different countries migrate to this place to avoid extreme weather conditions, for example birds from Europe fly here during November and December avoiding the extreme coldness in their region.
Some of the popular species which are found in Vedantangal are Garganey teals, grey pelican, painted stork, vsnake bird, painted stork, paddy bird, spoonbill, spot bill duck, cormorants, darter, grebes, large egret, little egret and so many thousans.
Image 4: Vedantangal bird sanctuay
Muttukadu: This place is mainly famous for its boat house, so people generally call this place as muttukadu boat house, which is situated in 75 kilometers from Kanchipuram. It lies on the East coast road, also popularly known as ECR highways. It is government owned property and attracts 4000 visitors at an average every week due to the entertainment aspects which are found here such as boating, surfing, speed boating, pedal boating, etc. People also come here to escape from the extreme heat of summer.
Image 5: Muttukadu
Image 6:Muttukadu
Dakshina Chitra: If you touring with the mindset of exploring the culture of South India or Tamilnadu then you should definitely make your foot prints in this place, this place was formed in the year 1996, by a NGO with an intention to maintain and carry forward the culture of India to the next generation.
Anything related to art such as music, dance, paintings, artifacts, etc can be found in this place, and there is entry fee for people who wants to visit this place, and also membership is provided according to different age groups. This place is also called as little Tamilnadu as one can notice, all the cultural aspects of Tamilnadu.
General Information about Dakshina chitra
The Crocodile bank: This is also know as Madras crocodile bank trust, which was started in the year 1976 by a NGO, and there more than 5000 crocodiles and alligators of 14 different species and mind you there only 23 different species existing presently in the world. so you can cover 14 species at one stretch if you reach this place, and it is just 14 kilometers from mamallapuram and 80 kilometers from Kanchipuram.
Image7: Crocodile bank
Sadras beach: This was once a dutch settlement, but it has been converted into a resort called the sadras beach resort. so if you are looking to wet your legs here is a neat and clean beach near Kanchipuram.
Kanchi Kudil: This is a 90 year old ancient house which depicts the culture of a typical kanchipuram citizen, this is how the ancient people in Kanchipuram lived, this shows how a simple and harmonious life led by the ancient Kanchipuram people.
Image 8: Kanchi Kudil
Kanchipuram silk weaving: Silk weaving is one of the main source of income and the economy of Kanchipuram was once majorly dependent on this profession, but even this is ceasing as a part of the industrial development and globalization, but still there are house and industries which indulge in silk weaving. Once you are here don't fail to visit these places.
Image9: Silk weaving
Here comes the religious spots in Kanchipuram, this place is not shortage of temples, churches and mosques, but to be honest Hinduism is the major religion and it also called as temple city as it is believed to possess 1000 temples.
Lets explore some of the popular temples in Kanchipuram:
Ekambareshwarar temple: Lord Shiva is the main deity of this temple, and it is 59 feet tall and considered as one of the tallest temple in the country, people are attracted to this place plainly because of its artistic works. Ekambareshwarar temple history
Image 10: Ekambareshwar temple
Kailasanathar temple: This is another Shiva temple, which is as old and famous as the above temple.
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